What aspect of Greek life do you wish was better?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by AOIILisa

I joined an alum chapter right after graduation and quickly quit since no one was under the age of 60. I am pretty sure I was served a casserole from the Betty Crocker 1970 cookbook at that meeting!

Hey, I have that cookbook and learned to cook from it!!
Age 21 newlywed, at my first alumnae meeting I was sandwiched among a group of late 20- and 30-something alums who fervently discussed potty training.
Glad I came back to another meeting!

It's not just a Southern thing. I would estimate that only about 5% of alumnae in any given city EVER even come to a meeting, much less get active. I wonder if we had more older alumnae working with a chapter, would that encourage involvement in later years? As a collegiate, I can remember being told over and over that being a DG mean a lifetime, not just 4 years. We actually had very few alums that worked with us....mostly because there just weren't that many in town.

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Hey, I have that cookbook and learned to cook from it!!

Ha...me too, (it was my Mom's) which is how I recognized that casserole!

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

It's not just a Southern thing. I would estimate that only about 5% of alumnae in any given city EVER even come to a meeting, much less get active. I wonder if we had more older alumnae working with a chapter, would that encourage involvement in later years? As a collegiate, I can remember being told over and over that being a DG mean a lifetime, not just 4 years. We actually had very few alums that worked with us....mostly because there just weren't that many in town.

Agreed - our collegiate chapter had no one, I think I remember seeing one adviser. Now I advise my old chapter from 8 states away - because there are so few local alums in the area - plus another local chapter where I live! We try to impress upon everyone that it's for life, and have been semi successful at picking up new grads.